Victorian Law Reports
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The Victorian Law Reports (VLR) are a series of law report
s which report significant cases
from the Supreme Court of Victoria
in its first decisions
and appeal decisions
jurisdiction
s from 1875 to 1956 and from 1957 to the present.
These law reports were known as "Williams practice cases" and "A'Beckett's reserved judgments" between 1847 and 1851.
Law report
Law reports or reporters are series of books that contain judicial opinions from a selection of case law decided by courts. When a particular judicial opinion is referenced, the law report series in which the opinion is printed will determine the case citation format.The term reporter was...
s which report significant cases
Case law
In law, case law is the set of reported judicial decisions of selected appellate courts and other courts of first instance which make new interpretations of the law and, therefore, can be cited as precedents in a process known as stare decisis...
from the Supreme Court of Victoria
Supreme Court of Victoria
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
in its first decisions
Original jurisdiction
The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a court has the power to review a lower court's decision.-France:...
and appeal decisions
Appellate jurisdiction
Appellate jurisdiction is the power of the Supreme Court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts. Most appellate jurisdiction is legislatively created, and may consist of appeals by leave of the appellate court or by right...
jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility...
s from 1875 to 1956 and from 1957 to the present.
These law reports were known as "Williams practice cases" and "A'Beckett's reserved judgments" between 1847 and 1851.